A Conversation Sprinkled With Stories on How to Build and Manage Elite Engineering Teams. In this North Fireside Chat, we’ll explore what it means when software development “hums”, what do high-performance teams do differently, and how one transforms chaos into clarity in software development. We’ll drill down into topics like: …

How do you prepare for working at a big tech company like Twitter? What steps in your career lead up to this sort of job? …

Join us for a special fireside chat on the topic of finding awesome remote job opportunities, even when you live in a small city instead of a big tech hub. We’ll hear tips and tricks on getting started, building confidence, and standing out from the crowd from Golfo V., …

Today on the North Sprint Review, we’ll trace the path of a successful career in programming with Ovi N. — a senior mobile and web engineer with a long-lived passion for anything that has a button on it. Ovi has been developing apps in Objective C since way back, before…

In this North Sprint Review, we’ll discuss design, inspiration, discipline, and technology with Horia L. — a senior UX/UI Designer with art in his genes and craft on his mind. Horia had a formal education focused on print design and then switched to building user interfaces early on in his…

It’s been a busy couple of months for us here at North. We made some significant changes to the Handbook and our rank-up process, based on learnings from our initial batches. We revamped our activity and benefits structure. …

Today on the North Sprint Review, we’ll explore the connection between math and software development with Roxana C. — a senior frontend JavaScript engineer with deep roots in PHP and Java. Rox co-wrote a book on MATLAB scripting during college, then started her career as a software developer at the…

Coders aren’t the most sociable people out there. Yes, the old “introverted developer” trope. In the words of researcher Timo Gnambs, “prevalent stereotypes describe software engineers as socially inept introverts that are single-mindedly focused on computers.” But his 2015 research finds that programming skill is not associated with socially undesirable…

It’s that time again: today we’re happy to announce that we’re opening five new membership slots for the Telepat North Club, to be filled by the end of this April by extraordinary coders anywhere. The aim of the North club is to rapidly augment our member’s knowledge, experience, and marketability…